Highland: Health

Population size is 320,298

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  1. Learning disabilities
  2. Autism

All people
Age Female Male Total
Very good 61,929 55.2% 63,026 53.3% 124,955 54.2%
Good 33,308 29.7% 35,570 30.1% 68,878 29.9%
Fair 12,307 11.0% 14,347 12.1% 26,654 11.6%
Bad 3,599 3.2% 4,119 3.5% 7,718 3.3%
Very bad 1,098 1.0% 1,207 1.0% 2,305 1.0%
Total 112,241 100.0% 118,269 100.0% 230,510 100.0%
All people
Age Female Male Total
Very good 61,929 63,026 124,955
Good 33,308 35,570 68,878
Fair 12,307 14,347 26,654
Bad 3,599 4,119 7,718
Very bad 1,098 1,207 2,305
Total 112,241 118,269 230,510
People known to have autism
Age Female Male Total
Very good 535 43.5% 140 35.7% 675 41.6%
Good 402 32.7% 126 32.1% 528 32.6%
Fair 206 16.7% 82 20.9% 288 17.8%
Bad 59 4.8% 28 7.1% 87 5.4%
Very bad 28 2.3% 16 4.1% 44 2.7%
Total 1,230 100.0% 392 100.0% 1,622 100.0%
People known to have autism
Age Female Male Total
Very good 535 140 675
Good 402 126 528
Fair 206 82 288
Bad 59 28 87
Very bad 28 16 44
Total 1,230 392 1,622

Health status

People known to have autism rate their health as

880

very good


682

good


366

fair


114

bad


51

very bad


Health status

People known to have autism rate their health as

880

very good


682

good


366

fair


114

bad


51

very bad


Other health conditions

People known to have autism report the following conditions

126

visual impairment


127

hearing impairment


363

learning disability


285

mental health condition


254

physical disability


456

other condition


Number of other conditions

Number of other conditions people known to have autism report (limited to small range of conditions collected in the census)

1,067

no condition


503

one condition


254

two conditions


269

three or more conditions


Health limitations

People known to have autism who say their day-to-day activities are limited due to health problems

823

limited a lot


693

limited a little


577

not limited


People known to have autism with good/very good health

  1. Local Authority
  2. Health Board

74.6% of people known to have autism rate their health as good/very good, compared with 83.6% of people without autism


  • Health ratings are 4th highest for Highland compared with all health boards


  • In Highland, 74.6% of people known to have autism rate their health as good/very good, compared with 72.0% for Scotland



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